Ch. 30 questions

9. The wall was built to keep people from fleeing from East Berlin. The west side had allied troops who were there to prevent Berlin and Germany from breaking the agreements of the peace treaty.

10. Kennedy was worried that Cuba was getting too much support from the Soviets and he was worried that since they were so close to us, they might be able to attack us devastatingly.

11. The resolution enabled him to move troops into Vietnam.

12. Agent Orange was a herbicide used to destroy heavy plant life to make warfare easier. It caused health problems for the men using it.

13. The Tet offensive was when North Vietnam and Vietcong started a new aggressive offensive against the United States.

14. World War II was a war to rid the world of tyranny. We were fighting for things that Americans believed in, and we saw the evil of our enemies. In Vietnam however, it was viewed as more of a civil war, and mass murder was not happening like it was during the world war.

15. President Johnson's decision was a bad one. During war, a stable government is important, and part of a stable government is not introducing radical new policies. By no running, President Johnson opened up the opportunity for a new president to introduce new policies. Also, he knew the war better than a new president would and so was more qualified to lead the military.